Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 1.98.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृ॒ष्टो दि॒वि पृ॒ष्टो अ॒ग्निः पृ॑थि॒व्यां पृ॒ष्टो विश्वा॒ ओष॑धी॒रा वि॑वेश । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः सह॑सा पृ॒ष्टो अ॒ग्निः स नो॒ दिवा॒ स रि॒षः पा॑तु॒ नक्त॑म् ॥
पृष्टो दिवि पृष्टो अग्निः पृथिव्यां पृष्टो विश्वा ओषधीरा विवेश । वैश्वानरः सहसा पृष्टो अग्निः स नो दिवा स रिषः पातु नक्तम् ॥
pṛṣṭo divi pṛṣṭo agniḥ pṛthivyām pṛṣṭo viśvā oṣadhīr ā viveśa | vaiśvānaraḥ sahasā pṛṣṭo agniḥ sa no divā sa riṣaḥ pātu naktam ||
English translation:
“Agni, who is present in the sky, and present upon earth, and who, present, has pervaded all herbs; may the Agni Vaiśvānara, who is present in vigour, guard us night and day, against our enemies”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Pṛṣṭa = saṃspṛṣṭa = in contact with, or nihita, plural ced or present inth esky: Agni is in contact with, or present, in the sun; on earth, in sacred and domestic fire, and in herbs, or annuals, as the cause of their coming to maturity
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirvaiśvānaraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पृ॒ष्टः । दि॒वि । पृ॒ष्टः । अ॒ग्निः । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । पृ॒ष्टः । विश्वाः॑ । ओष॑धीः । आ । वि॒वे॒श॒ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रः । सह॑सा । पृ॒ष्टः । अ॒ग्निः । सः । नः॒ । दिवा॑ । सः । रि॒षः । पा॒तु॒ । नक्त॑म् ॥
पृष्टः । दिवि । पृष्टः । अग्निः । पृथिव्याम् । पृष्टः । विश्वाः । ओषधीः । आ । विवेश । वैश्वानरः । सहसा । पृष्टः । अग्निः । सः । नः । दिवा । सः । रिषः । पातु । नक्तम् ॥
pṛṣṭaḥ | divi | pṛṣṭaḥ | agniḥ | pṛthivyām | pṛṣṭaḥ | viśvāḥ | oṣadhīḥ | ā | viveśa | vaiśvānaraḥ | sahasā | pṛṣṭaḥ | agniḥ | saḥ | naḥ | divā | saḥ | riṣaḥ | pātu | naktam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.98.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“herb; plant; drug; simple; oṣadhi [word]; remedy.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“enter; penetrate; settle; settle.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Agni; fire; Vaiśvānara; Vaiśvānara; sacrificial fire; sun.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“by day; divā [indecl.].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“injury; riṣ; damage.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“night; night.”